A total of 1,440 children from inner-city communities islandwide are to benefit from Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) clinics next fiscal year. To be held in 26 schools/centres, the clinics...

Youth from selected inner-city communities are to benefit from internships under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Poverty Reduction Programme next fiscal year. A sum of $349.8 million has been...

Construction of a fire station on Barnett Street in Montego Bay, St. James, is to commence next fiscal year. A total of $286 million has been provided in the 2017/18...

More schools across the island are to benefit from the construction of 26 sanitation blocks this fiscal year. A sum of $200 million has been set aside in the 2017/18...

The Government is slated to make nearly $116 billion in payments on investment instruments next fiscal year. This sum is contained in the 2017/18 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the...

Several schools across the island are to benefit from upgrading works this fiscal year under the Basic Needs Trust Fund project. These include the Christiana Moravian Primary and Mandeville Primary...

Establishment of the Jamaica National Identification Agency (JNIA) is to commence in the 2017/18 fiscal year. This is one of the activities to be undertaken as the Government moves to...

The Government has allocated $385 million towards the Production Incentives Project to mitigate the effects of drought conditions impacting farmers. Details are outlined in the 2017/18 Estimates of Expenditure, now...

Just over $32 billion has been set aside in the 2017/18 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, for the Government’s repayment of loans to several bilateral and...

The Port Authority of Jamaica will be allocated a loan of $1.5 billion for industrial development and export promotion support. The sum will be used to facilitate Business Process Outsourcing...

An additional $21.67 million has been allocated to continue implementation of the public-sector-transformation programme in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service this year. This sum is provided for...